Content Senior Manager

Washington Conservation Action; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 66,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

401k with employer match

Flexible Spending Account

4 weeks paid vacation

Sick leave

13 paid holidays

Unlimited ORCA transit pass

Professional development funds

Sabbatical after 5 years

Job summary

Washington Conservation Action seeks an experienced writer and editor for the Content Senior Manager role to craft content across channels and guide our media strategy.

Reporting to the Communications Director, you will collaborate with staff and coalition partners, drive storytelling for environmental justice, and support fundraising with content expertise in a hybrid Seattle office setup.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, English, or related field.
• At least four years of experience in communications, journalism, or media.
• Knowledge of AP style.
• Ability to create high-quality content under deadline.
• Commitment to environmental protection and racial, social, and economic justice.
• Experience using Microsoft Office suite products.
• Experience using Word for collaboration and tracking changes.
• Experience driving policy-focused media campaigning and shaping coverage.
• Experience in journalism.
• Experience using InCopy.
• Experience using Asana for project management.

Responsibilities

• Write and edit content for print and digital channels with an environmental justice lens.
• Collaborate on media relations, write press releases, pitches, op-eds, and letters to editors.
• Author stories for Convene magazine, conduct interviews, draft features.
• Maintain a consistent voice and organizational style guide across media.
• Advise fundraising teams on storytelling approaches and content integration.
• Provide real-time copy-editing for external communications and projects.
• Maintain a content library for WCA teams.
• Develop proactive media outreach and secure feature stories.
• Build relationships with media contacts and coordinate interviews/events.
• Lead communications planning and project management activities.

Skills

Content strategy

AP style knowledge

Deadline-driven writing

Environmental justice

MS Office

Word collaboration

Policy-focused media

Journalism

InCopy

Asana

Media campaigning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, English, or related field

4+ years experience in communications/media

Tools

Microsoft Word

InCopy

Asana

Job description

Washington Conservation Action (WCA) seeks an experienced writer and editor to support our communications work. The core responsibility of the Content Senior Manager is to write and manage content for WCA’s communication channels. This position drives our media strategy, reviews content, provides copy edits, and collaborates with staff to develop stories.

This position works in close collaboration with WCA staff and coalition partners toadvance our work for environmental progress, justice, and a strong democracy. The Content Senior Manager reports to the Communications Director.

Washington Conservation Action is a statewide environmental advocacy organization advancing environmental policies and pushing for actions that equitably address climate pollution, restore Puget Sound, sustain our state’s forests, and protect our democracy. For Washington to remain a national leader on environmental issues, we need environmental champions in elected office and to hold them accountable on our issues. To keep our environment protected, healthy, and vibrant, we are committed to supporting Native candidates, candidates of color, and environmental leaders.

Responsibilities

The Content Senior Manager is responsible for written content across different media and platforms. They focus on strategizing, ideating, drafting, and editing content for our teams.

Writing & Editing

• Write and edit high-quality content for various print and digital communication channels and media employed by WCA, applying an environmental justice lens to storytelling.
• Collaborate with the Communications Director on media relations and strategy, including writing press releases, media pitches, op-eds, letters to the editor, and press briefings.
• Author stories for Convene, our biannual magazine, conducting interviews, drafting, and editing features.
• Work with Communications staff to maintain a common voice across media and maintain the organizational style guide.
• Support the development team with content consultation and advise on new ways to integrate storytelling into our fundraising.
• Provide real-time and urgent copy-editing expertise on an ongoing basis for external communications and various projects delegated by the Communications Director.
• Maintain a library of content for use by WCA teams.

Strategy & Media Relations

• Develop proactive media outreach strategies, securing feature stories and coverage of priority issues.
• Assist in building and managing strong relationships with media contacts.
• Assist in managing media inquiries, coordinating interviews and media events.
• Advise on traditional media strategy and story placement.
• Develop tactics and strategies to influence legislators and public opinion on legislative priorities.

Collaboration & Coaching

• Collaborate with our partners to write op-eds that are co-authored with WCA staff.
• Provide coaching on writing best practices in alignment with our style guide, providing materials to help staff generate writing that is compelling and consistent with WCA’s goals.
• Work with staff to develop and refine content for written communications as assigned.
• Drive strong interview and storytelling, centered on anti-racism and environmental justice, throughout different levels of the organization’s communications channels.

Communications Planning & Project Management

• Maintain an editorial calendar for blogs, op eds, and impact stories.
• Lead the communications workgroup for the Environmental Priorities Coalition, a statewide coalition of environmental organizations of which WCA is a member.
• Provide project management and vendor coordination for projects as assigned.

Organizational Support

• Complete various tasks, strategies, and benchmarks as outlined in the Organizational Strategic Communications plan.
• Travel to different parts of Washington as needed, up to 5% of your work time. You will be reimbursed for approved travel costs, including mileage, food, and lodging if needed.
• Ensure day-to-day alignment with WCA’s racial equity action plan.
• Adhere to organizational administrative procedures such as timely submission of reimbursements, entering time tracking in Rippling HRIS, travel planning, and submitting credit card receipts from the organization’s credit card within 48 hours of the charge.
• Assist with organizational fundraising, which might include attending events, promoting to your networks, and assistance prior to and during events as needed.
• Actively participate on a racial equity team which includes taking on work that is outlined in WCA’s racial equity action plan to advance our goals.
• Adhere to technology use best practices for organizational and job-specific software, tools, and programs.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, English, or related degree
• At least four years of relevant experience in communications, journalism, or media
• Knowledge of AP style
• Ability to create high-quality content under pressure of a deadline
• Commitment to environmental protection and principles of Tribal sovereignty and racial, social, and economic justice
• Experience using Microsoft Office suite products
• Experience using Word for collaboration and tracking changes
• Experience driving policy-focused media campaigning and shaping coverage
• Experience in journalism
• Experience using InCopy
• Experience using Asana for project management

This is a full-time, salaried non-exempt position with an annual salary of $73,000.

We offer a generous benefits package which includes medical and dental insurance plan options with 100% employer paid premiums, a 401k plan with an organizational match of up to 3% of your annual salary, a Flexible Spending Account, four weeks of paid vacation to start, a separate pool of sick leave, thirteen paid holidays per year, an unlimited ORCA transit pass, budgeted funds for professional development, and if you work for five consecutive years you are eligible for a two-month paid sabbatical. We welcome new and diverse people to a great team who shape environmental protection in Washington.

Location Information

This position is hybrid (minimum of 40% in the Seattle office), but we will consider an option for being fully remote for those located within Washington state, but outside of mass transit options to our Seattle office. We anticipate this job will involve occasional travel to in‑person meetings and staff gatherings at the discretion of the supervisor.